BALTIMORE _ The way things have been going for the Orioles the past few weeks, you never know what is going to happen on any given night.
Unless Dylan Bundy is pitching.
Bundy has been the most productive, consistent Orioles starter, and he extended his season-opening string of quality starts to seven with a solid six-inning performance in a rain-delayed 6-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox before 28,718 on Saturday night at Camden Yards.
He retired 10 of the first 11 batters he faced after the start of the game was held up for 43 minutes. He then grinded out his final three innings to improve his record to 5-1 and help the Orioles (19-10) to their third straight victory.
After a series opener in which starter Wade Miley was knocked out of the game by two straight line drives in the first inning, the Orioles knocked around White Sox starter Dylan Covey (0-3) in a more conventional manner. They scored three times in the first and added to their early lead with home runs by Manny Machado and Trey Mancini.
The White Sox didn't put a dent in Bundy's performance until the fifth, when a one-out walk and a well-placed fly-ball double by No. 9 hitter Yolmer Sanchez set up a pair of runs that scored on a sacrifice fly by Melky Cabrera and a sharp single by Leury Garcia. But the Orioles got those two runs right back with Mancini's two-run shot in the bottom of the inning.
Bundy gave up a solo home run to Cody Asche in the sixth inning before turning the game over to left-hander Donnie Hart to start the seventh, but the White Sox were not done. They ramped up the suspense when Jose Abreu lined a sizzling two-run shot off the left-field foul pole against Mychal Givens to make it a one-run game.
Closer du jour Darren O'Day came on to restore order in the ninth inning and converted his second save of the season.
